val plumwood
Val
Plumwood was a philosopher, activist and avid gardener (especially of
waratahs). Over her long academic career Val was a founder and pioneer
of eco-feminism and the ecological humanities more broadly.
Val taught at numerous universities in Australia and the USA, and published four books and over 100 papers. Amongst these works, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature (1992) and Environmental Culture: The Ecological Crisis of Reason (2002), stand out as two of the most important contributions to environmental thought of the past several decades.
At the time of her death in February 2008, Val was a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University where she was a central figure in the life of this group of ecological humanities scholars. Her work, along with her always passionate presence, will be deeply missed by us all.
For the last several decades of her life Val lived on Plumwood Mountain as part of a more-than-human community of wombats, eucalypts, veggies, and, of course, waratahs. These relationships were central to her life.
Val was buried on Plumwood Mountain in March 2008.
Val taught at numerous universities in Australia and the USA, and published four books and over 100 papers. Amongst these works, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature (1992) and Environmental Culture: The Ecological Crisis of Reason (2002), stand out as two of the most important contributions to environmental thought of the past several decades.
At the time of her death in February 2008, Val was a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University where she was a central figure in the life of this group of ecological humanities scholars. Her work, along with her always passionate presence, will be deeply missed by us all.
For the last several decades of her life Val lived on Plumwood Mountain as part of a more-than-human community of wombats, eucalypts, veggies, and, of course, waratahs. These relationships were central to her life.
Val was buried on Plumwood Mountain in March 2008.
